New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The hottest place In tho country last week was In
the White House. Washington. No thermome&er
could be found capable Of registering the degree Of
heat there about the time the President wrote his letter
explaining why he thought 1t best to order retreat
from St. Louis.
isn't bit Of fishing around here Every brook has
sign warning people of. What do you mean by lur-
uSiei man ri didn't say y'V anything my about fine
1o shH see s wss my sS Sss
proachabe. Huntington Free Press.
The present managers Of the Broadway Road seem
disposed to Joke at the expense Of their employees.
They have proposed to "lay of" q number of con-
ductos and drivers during tho dull time Of the next
six weeks. on the ground that they need vacation
No doubt these ovorworked mon do need o vacation,
bur they can never take without leaving their
families to stave, while the managers of the road
continue 10 absorb all OF Its enormous profits.
A member Of the Recent Legislature Of Michigan
Returned home from the Capital 70 meet the Angry
You did not make one single speech l" excaimed
one.
And you did not Vote on half the Questions ~
And you Absent half the time !"
And the Correspondents had nothing to say About
you'll"
"Gcntlemen,o replied the Scion, as he bit the end
Of twenty cent Cigar paid for by the State you
and ability consist In not making Fool Of yourself
and worked so hard at that that had no time for
Morai-We can't Imagine how he escapcd.-tDetroit
Froe Press.
Although the Episcopalians Of South Carolina Will
not sit In convention with respectable and respected
negro roctors, negroes in that State have moro civil
rights than In almost any other Southern State
Baseball is fast becoming as perilous as lacrosse
or football Three players have been practically
Slad out" within week. At this rate the hospital
plan described in Sundays TRIBUNE win mood to be
put into practical operation speedily.
From Its tendency to gush and spout and create
bad OSSr and h ars up and 60 on as when i isn't loaded
In gas we'll Springfield Union.
Brooklyne-No, New York does not claim all Of tho
Palisades. but only small part at the northern end
The evening paper that speaks Of "the frowning PAL
1sadcs" as "rural NewYork" Is little rusty In Its
local geography.
The Conquering of self.-Dramatlc Critic-I can't
with your part when according to your adj
mission you do not feel word of It.
long course OF training before went ON the stage"
AT a dramatic SCHOOL,"
when customers were around I had to admire all
the new bonnets.-tomaha World
In Chicago q guide book is published which
tains the names OF most Of the hotels In the city,
with the and natlonalites Of the prophet
and chief officers. The names Of all tho hotels ex
cept are distinctively English American and
tho chief cook assistant cook and pastry cook In each
Of these born In France Germany. while
these officials In the European hotel are natives oi
New-York, Indiana and Illinois.
veritabio character Is the Of New-England
who drives the pair of steers that DO the heavy
hauling In the Charestown Navy Yard, and his quaint
Yankeelsms while goadng hE slow-moving pair OF
quadrupeds arc the source Of much amusement The
other day the oxen did not seem to respond to the
demands made upon them with the alacrity the
driver desired and, his patience and forbearance
alike exhausted, he voiced his contempt for the
beasts in the following thoroughly original way:
"G1ang, dang ye; ono Irishman Is better the
two yel"-tDoston Budget
Mr.. Erastus wiman, Of New-Yonk, Staten Island
and Toronto. seems to BIO a sort Of star-spansled
Canadian.
Many papers are beginning to say that strict
prohibltory law would BIO q good thing for some
baseball clubs.
Important If True.-A little Philadelphia girl was
walking with her father on the banks Of tho raging
Schuylk
"0h, father" said she, "just look how dirty the
water f."
"Yes," said hor father sadly. II IL wero not for
the inherent improbabillty Of the thing should cay
that some anarchist had been taking a bath
(Somervie Journal